Peter Azzopardi

Peter Azzopardi, Australia

MBBS, BMedSci, GDipBiostats, MEpi, FRACP
Dr Azzopardi is an adolescent physician by training and has worked across many settings in the Western Pacific region. He currently co-leads adolescent health at the Burnet Institute and is involved in a broad range of adolescent health programs across the Asia pacific region. Dr Azzopardi is a research fellow at the Wardliparingga Aboriginal Research Unit, his research focuses on the health needs of indigenous adolescents in Australia. With respect to the Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing, Pete contributed to the analysis of global burden of disease data for 188 countries to describe key health issues for adolescent health and wellbeing at a national, regional and global level. Pete has extensive experience in supporting and advising Government and non-government organisations around population health research, specifically in the areas of adolescent health.